Thank you guys. Wayne, your rigs make it easier to dig out the weak
stations. My rural location limits the noise while my elevation helps
my propagation. However, the weather you mention eats my antennas on a
regular basis.
I try to write what I know and what I have been told. For instance the
comment about jumping out of a perfectly good aircraft was my father's
joke with my uncle. Uncle Irvin was a paratrooper while my dad was a
radioman on B17s and B24s. When he jumped out the plane was on fire or
falling apart :)
Reporting the seasonal changes seems appropriate for a radio which is
often used outside, in the weather. I find CW soothing so while I'm
listening I am watching the forest for activity. It's a built in reflex,
like birding. Where dad would sit me in the shop with the command, "Sit
down and shut up!" mom would take me out to a blind without the commands
where I would sit down and shut up :) However, both had me observing at
all times. Dad taught me which end of a soldering iron to hold and
corrected my pronunciation of the word impedance.
It is fun to test the propagation week after week. Too bad the
conditions did not allow for more contacts today. I expect we'll find
this cycle to be a good one. I had no faith in those previous bad reports.
Thanks for all the years of fun and soothing CW.
73, Kevin. KD5ONS
On 6/5/22 19:47, Wayne Burdick wrote:
We were reminded by Dave, W8OV, that today marks the 20th anniversary of the
Elecraft CW net!
Kevin, KD5ONS, has hosted it through all sorts of propagation, not to mention
weather, as his colorful reports attest.
Thanks, Kevin, for your commitment to Elecraft, to CW, and to our shared
community. We hope you'll keep up the good work.
73,
Wayne
N6KR
On Jun 5, 2022, at 7:35 PM, kevin <kev...@coho.net> wrote:
Good Evening,
Propagation was marginal, noise was strong, and QSB was moderate. One day
this cycle will improve. The twenty meter frequency was popular. I had to
move twice before I could start the net. I thought the lull in solar activity
would provide a window of better propagation. Hope springs eternal :)
There was some sun today. Now the mist is back. The ferns are five feet
tall and just starting to open. Leaves are mostly open and the fir trees are
spouting new growth. The fresh needles should bring the deer back. I haven't
seen one on my land this year. I did see my first snake of the year soaking up
sun. They like slipping into the greenhouse to eat slugs.
On 14051 kHz at 2200z:
K4TO - Dave - KY
K6XK - Roy - IA
NO8V - John - MI
K0DTJ - Brian - CA
On 7047.5 kHz at 0000z:
K0DTJ - Brian - CA
K6PJV - Dale - CA
Until next week 73,
Kevin. KD5ONS
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